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Patented Feb. 9, 1886.

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GRAIN BINDING HARVESTER. No. 335,610. Patented Feb. 9, 1886.

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LIGVVIS MILLER, OF AKRON, OHIO.

GRAINHBINDING HARVESTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 335,610, dated February9, 1886.

Application filed Junc2,1883. Serial No. 96,911. (Nomodcl.)

To all whom, it 12v/ay concern,.-

Be it known that I, LEwIs MILLER, of Akron, county of Summit, and Stateof Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Grain-Bindin gHarvesters, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, makingpart of this specification.

My invention relates, mainly, to the improvement of that class ofmachines in which the grain is bound upon an inclined platforminterposed between the grain platform or carrier and the driving-wheel;but it will be apparent from the following description that some of thedevices hereinafter described may be applied to other constructions ofmachine.

The invention consists in certain details of construction andarrangement of parts, hereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a front elevation of a machineembracing my improvements. Fig. 2 is an elevation taken from the grainside, showing the arrangement of the reel-supports and butt-board andthe means for actuating and adjusting the same. Fig. 3 is a perspectiveview of the packers and the binder mechanism trip connected therewith.Fig. 4 is a perspective view ofthe needle-arm and a portion ofthebinder-frame, showing the arrangement of the cord-box relativelythereto. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the pickers and their supportsand actuatingshaft; and Figs. 6, 7, 8, 9, and l0 are detail views ofparts hereinafter described.

A represents the drivers foot-board, which is supported by the bindergear standard above and in advance of the cutting apparatus. From theinner end of this board is suspended the inner grain guard or deiiector,A', with its lower edge sufficiently depressed to insure its action onvery short grain, but raised above andclear of the cutting apparatus andplatform,to adapt the butts of the grain lying on the latter to passfreely under it to the butting and binding devices.

The reel-post Aa is pivoted at its lower end to the longitudinal bar A2in a vertical longitudinal plane intermediate the planes of thereel-actuating gear and the binder-gear standard and gearing, and has ahorizontal arm or yoke, Af, pivoted to its upper end, the forwardswinging end of which is provided with bearings for the reel-shaft. Tosaid swinging end of the yoke A4 is connected the upper bifurcated endof a pendent V-shaped rod, a, the lower end of which is attached to arearwardly-projecting crank-arm, a, on a transverse rocking-shaft, ai,mounted in suitable bearings on the footboard A. The shaft ai passesthrough and has one of its bearings in a quadrant rackstandard, a5, andhas a leverarm, a, on its outer end, extending up within reach of thedriver, wh o, by vibrating said lever-arm forward or backward, can raiseor lower the reel as desired. The rack a5 is a double one, or `it is ofsufficient thickness on its upper rack-face to accommodate two holding-pawls, one attached to the lever a, and the other connected with anelbow-lever, a, journaled on the shaft c3 on the opposite side of thequadrant rack a5 from lever e, and connected by a rod, al, with thepivoted tongue, for adjusting the latter and rocking the machine on itscarrying-wheels.

The pickers d, one pair of which is shown in Fig. 7, are connected withand operated from the shaft D, which is mounted in bearings in pendentbrackets D', attached to the longitudinal bar A, and arranged one oneach side of each pair of picker-arms. The bearings for the shaft D areat or near the outer face or edge of the brackets D, which project belowand inward from said bearings, and form on their inner lower sides oredges guards or clearers for freeing the pickers or removing the grainfrom their points as the latter rise to start on their outward or returnmovement, said points rising above the lower edges of the guards, andbeing thus prevented from carrying the grain or straw back with them.The upper ends of the picker-arms cl are forked, and have the two armsperforated to form bearings for a block, cl2, pivoted therein. Saidblock di is perforated to receive and adapt it to slide upon one end oflink or rod cl, pivoted at its opposite end to a bracket, (1*, on thebar A2. A. pin passed through the link d, outside of the block di,prevents the escape of the latter therefrom, and a spring, cl3,surrounding the link, and extending be'- tween its pivot and its pivotalblock, holds the latter out against its retaining-pin, but

manner as the pickers above described, foradapting them also to yieldfor a vpurpose which will be explained.

The operation of the pickers is well understood and need not be hereexplained.

The cord-box E is arranged underneath the inclined binder-table in rearof the needleerm and packers, and is supported between the central andrear transverse bars of the binder-frame by said bars and the upperlongitudinal tubular frame-bar in any suitable manner. The cord eextends from the ball in said box through a guiding-eye in an arm, e',thence forward through a perforation at f in the transverse. frame barF, and an eye or guide arranged in line or nearly in line with theneedle-shaft or with an eye in the heel of the needle, said guide beingformed in the free end of a bar, f pivoted at one end to the bar F.

jl is a spring, secured at one end to the bar F, with its free endoverhanging the pivoted barf, and the latter is suspended from saidspring by a bolt or screw, f3, by the adjustment of which the eye in thebarf can be thrown more or less out of line with the perforation fthrough which the cord passes to said eye, for increasing or diminishingthe tension upon or frictional resistance to the passage of the cord tothe needlearm G. The cord passes from the eye in the barf through an eyeor perforation, g, in the needle-arm near its heel end or shaft, andthence through suitable guiding-eyes to its point, as shown. Theneedle-arm is secured to the end of its shaft in rear or outside of itssleevebearing, and the cord in the arrangement described comes to itfrom a box arranged in rear of and below the needle-shaft and through aguide arranged in rear of and in line with said shaft extended, ornearly so, or with the eye in the heel of the needle, wirh sufficientspace between the two for free passage of the cord, which is thus heldclear of the needle in the vibrations of the latter. and prevented frombeing caught and entangled with the needle or its shaft or with otheroperative parts of the machine. l

The packers h h are connected with and operated by cranks formed in thefirst and main shaft H of the binder gearing, which extendslongitudinally under the binder-frame mounted in suitable bearingsthereon. The forward end of this shaft has a sprocket-wheel (not e f335,610- i shown) fast on it for driving the picker and reel shafts, andin rear of said sprocketwheel is secured a cross head or arm, h, (thesprocket-wheel being removed to show said ar1ns,) also faston the shaftH and provided on its rear face at the cnds of the arms or cross-headwith` short pins or studs h3, on which small friction-rollers aremounted. In rear of the cross-head h2 is a pinion, I, mounted loosely onthe shaft H,and provided on its forward face with a pin, i, upon whichis pivoted an elbow-lever, i', which is rounded at its angle or elbowand let' into a recess of corresponding shape formed in one side of thehub of the pinion. A stop or spur at i3 on the lever strikes the hubofthe pinion on one side of the recess and limits the movement of thelever in one direction on its pivot, and a spring, lr, serves whenitstension is not overcome to hold the lever against movement in theopposite direction. The short arm i2, when the lever is in the positiondescribed, projects within thepath of the pins h3, and one of the latteracting thereon causes the pinion I to be rotated with the shaft H, andthe pinion I, acting through the gears I and I2 upon the gear I3, setsin motion the binding mechanism. Ihe gear I3 is fast on a shaft passingthrough the upper tubular arm of the binder-gear standard and actuatingthe knotting mechanism, and is provided on its forward face with acrank-pin, from which a connectingrod, J, extends to a crank arm, J onthe forward end of the needle-arm shaft J2, which is mounted in thelower tubular arm of the gear standard for imparting a rocking movementto said shaft. Upon the shaft J, just behind the arm J', is secured asecond arm, j, by a sleeve loose on the shaft, and to the arm J ispivoted a short rod, j, which passes through an eye in aforwardly-projecting lug, jz, on the arm j, at or nearthe center of thelength of the latter, and a spring, js, surrounding the rod j, betweenan adjustable nut on the threaded outer end of the latter and the lug j,serves to hold the arm] with the lug j2 resting upon the arm Jwith anyrequired force. In each revolution ofthe gear Ia with its crankpin,through which the crank-arm J of the needle-shaft is vibrated. justafter the needle has been retracted to receive the grain,the end of thearm j is brought within the path of the arm 1l' of the elbow-lever onthe pinion I, and, acting on said arm, throws the arm i2 inward towardthe center of shaft H of4 said pinion, and out of the path of the pinson the cross head or arms h2, thereby allowing the crosshead and itsshaft to continue to rotate and to actuate the picking and packingmechanisms, platform carrier, and reel, while the pinion I and thebinding mechanism actuated therefrom remain at rest.

For tripping the arm j and again throwing the binding mechanism intoaction, a foottrip (seen most clearly in Fig. 7) is employed, consistingof an arm or lever, Z, pivoted at its ICO lower end in thegear-standard, and extending n p within convenient `reach of the driversfoot, and provided with a shoulder at Z,adapt ed to act on a short arm,f, on the sleeve of arm j in such manner that the driver, by pressingoutward on the upper end of said lever, can lift the arm j out ofengagement with the arm i of the lever z" Z2, thereby allowing thelatter to be thrown out by its spring for engaging the arm i2 with thecross head or arms h2 on the shaft H. The pivot of lever Z may be and bypreference is made in the form of a rock-shaft, L, provided at its rearend with a crank-arm, Z', which passes-throughan eye in the heel end ofa curved and angular arm or lever, m m. The lever m is pivoted in anarmor heel extension ofthe compressor nr. The arm m extends up by theside of or between the arms ofthe compressor,and slightly in frontthereof, in such manner as to receive the pressure of the grain broughtup to the compressor by the packer-arms. By this arrangement, when thepressure on the arm m becomes great enough to crowd it back into theplane ofthe arms mi, its angular heel-eX- tension, acting through arm Zand shaft L on the lever Z, serves through said lever to trip the arm 7'and set in motion the binding mechanism. The size of the bundle may beregulated by making the arm m of the elbow-lever m m adjustable. Thiscan be done by attaching t-he arm in, through a feather, n, ou the onematching a slot or groove in the other, a set-screw passing through theslot in one part and securing it to the other, as shown in Fig. l0.

A third trip is provided through the action of the yielding packing-armsabove referred to. rlhe heel ends of the packer-arms ZL and h',connected with the vibrating links n', are bifurcated, (or, for the samepurpose, hercinafter explained, may be provided with laterally-projecting spurs or shoulders) and the links are pivoted thereto throughperforated blocks n2, through which the end of the links may slide. saidlinks being provided each with a retaining-pin and a spring for holdingthe swiveling block c at the end of the link, as explained above in thedescription of the picker-links. By this arrangement, as the grainbecomes compressed between the compressors ml and the packers thepressure on the points of the latter :forces the shouldered heel end ofthe packer-arm to yield until it is brought into contact with an arm, p,on one end of the rockshaft P, mounted in suitable bearings on the lowerface of the binder-frame, thereby rocking said shaft, which at itsforward end is provided with a secondary crank-arm, p', having at itsouter end a shoe or stirrupdo, on the outer side of the foot trip orlever Z, thelatter resting in said stirrup, as shown.

The yielding of the packers as explained,

scribed above may lbe constructed and ar.

ranged in any usual or preferred manner.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new is 1. Thevibrating pickersinterposedbetween the platfornrcarrier and the packers,in combination with the swinging links and the swivcling blocks, andsprings interposed between the heel ends ofthe pickers and the supportsfor the swinging links, substantially as described.

2. The vibrating pickers connected with adjustable stands or brackets,in combination with yielding connections between said pickers andadjustable brackets, substantially as described.

3. The picker crank-shaft supported in pendent bearing-brackets attachedto the longitudinal bar supporting the reel-post, in combination withmeans, substantially as described, for adjusting the pickers forchanging their path.

4. In a grain-binder, the combination, with the binding mechanism,of theautomatictripping mechanism, and an independent trippinglever adapted tobe operated at will by the driver for setting the binding mechanism inoperation, substantially as described.

5. The combination, with the binder mechanism, of an automatic tripadapting said binder mechanism to be automatically connected with anddisconnected from its actuating-shaft, and a foot-lever operatingindependdently of said automatic trip for enabling the driver to set thebinder mechanism in operation at will, substantially as described.

6. The combination, with the foot-lever for tripping and setting inmotion the binder IOO 1neclianism,ofthe rock-shaft, and thepivoted andyielding arm connected with the graincompressor, substantially asdescribed.

7. The needle operating from beneath the binder-table and secured to theend of the actuating-shaft outside of the bearing of the latter, incombination with a cord-guide located in line or nearly in line withsaid shaft, and arranged to leave a space between it and the end of saidshaft for the passage of the cord, and an eye in the heel of the needlewhence the cord passes to the point of the needle, substantially asdescribed.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 23d day of April,A. D. 1883.

LE'WIS MILLER.

Vitnesses:

N. N. LnoHNnI-z, J. Leer YOUNG.

